noun (informal) Someone from a wealthy, high-status background, or acting as though they are, who tends to seem superior.
- George Martin always seemed to me to be a "toff" and a gentleman even though his roots, like many of us, were in the common people. George has a touch of class that is quite impressive.
— Paul McCartney, Billboard (1998)
- I came home first class—up the front end with the toffs—semi-anaesthetised throughout the trip by caviar and free champagne—and to hell with frugality and the conservation of resources.
— Donald Gould, A Groundling's Notebook (1972)
- I like to see the toffs being toffs. The women all glammed up, the blokes in their tails and top 'ats, all braying and flinging their money around. Confirms all my prejudices. Just a reminder of who my enemies are.
— John Roberts, How the Dice Fell (2012)
